Leg-rest.



No. 787,674. .PATENTED APR. 18, 1905.

G. KELLY.

LEG REST.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21, 1903.

UNITED STATES Patented April 18, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.-

LEG-REST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 787,674, dated April18, 1905.

Application filed July 21,1903. Serial No. 166,487.

To all whom} it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE KELLY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mineralpoint, in the county of Iowa and State of Wis--consin, have invented a new and useful Leg- Rest, of which the followingis a specification.

This present invention relates to leg-rests, which, While employed inconnection with rocking-chairs, are independent of the same.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple article that may beemployed as a support for the legs of an occupant of an ordinaryrocking-chair and can be manufactured and sold as a complete device initself.

It is furthermore the object to provide in a device of this character aleg-support that will havea uniform movement with the chair,-

so that the legs will not slide upon the support when said chair isrocked.

A simple form of theinvention isillustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein F igurel is a perspective view of the legrest, showingthe same in use. Fig. 2 is aview in elevation of the rest. Fig. 3 is asectional view through'the same.

Similar reference-numerals indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

In the embodiment illustrated a frame is employed comprising sleepers 5,to the intermediate portions of which are secured upright standards 6,said standards and sleepers being also connected by curved braces 7. Thelower and upper ends of the standards are connected by cross-pieces 8and 9, the latter of which is suitably ornamented, as illustrated Itwill observed that the lower edges or bottoms of the sleepers are flatand that an enlarged base is provided, so that this frame is stationary.

A swing is hung within the above-described frame, said swing comprisingspaced hangers 10, having their upper ends pivoted, as shown at 11, tothe standards, the pivots being insertible in any of a series ofvertical openings 12, formed in the standards, whereby the height of theswing may be adjusted. The

lower ends of the hangers are connected by a leg-supporting element 13,provided in its up per side with leg-receiving seats 14, consisting ofcurved recesses. A receiver for papers or other articles in the form ofa receptacle 15 is secured to and betweenthe upper ends of the hangers,said receiver being preferably provided with an open side that is closedby a hinged cover or door 16, the outward movement of said door beinglimited by l I suitable straps 17, as will be evident by reference toFig. 3.

In the practical embodiment of the invention the hangers 10 will be atleast as long as the distance between the rockers and the seat of anordinary rocking-chair, and thus the leg-supporting bar or element 13will swing through the arc of as great a circle as that upon which theseat of the rocker moves. The length of the hangers is therefore animportant feature in connection with a stationary frame, for the legs ofthe occupant of a rocker, resting upon the supporting element, will haveas free swinging movement as the body, thereby preventing the sliding ofsaid legs in the leg-support. The r'eceptacle for papers and the like isin convenient position to the occupant, and this receiver, moreover,serves as a strengthening element to the swing, preventing the inwardmovement of the hangers, and therefore their disassociation from thepivots.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, andmany advantages of the'herein-described invention will be apparent tothose skilled in the art without further description, and it will beunderstood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, andminor details of construction may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the class described, comprising a stationary frameprovided with a base and having upright standards provided at theirupper portions with alined perforations arranged at intervals, a restcomposed of spaced hangers located at the inner faces of the standards,a leg-supporting bar connecting the lower ends of the hangers, and areceptacle connecting the upper portions of the hangers, the latterbeing extended upwardly beyond the receptacle and provided withperforations, and supporting pivots passing through the extendedportions of the hangers and arranged in perforations of the standards,said pivots being removable and adapted to engage any of theperforations of the standards to permit the rest to be raised andlowerec.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a stationary frameprovided with a base and having upright standards provided at theirupper portions with alined perforations arranged at intervals, a restcomposed of spaced hangers located at the inner faces of the standards,a leg-supporting bar connecting the lower ends of the hangers andprovided at its upper face with opposite leg-receiving seats consistingof curved recesses, and a receptacle connecting the upper portions ofthe hangers, the latter being extended upwardly beyond the receptacleand provided with perforations,and supporting-pivots passing through theextended portions of the hangers and arranged in perforations of thestandards, said pivots being removable and adapted to engage any of theperforations of the standards to permit the rest to be raised andlowered.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE KELLY;

Witnesses:

PHIL ALLEN, J12, FRANK E. HANSOOM.

